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The Eyes of Mystery
Alternate Title: The House in the Mist
Director: Tod Browning (Dir)
Release Date:   21 Jan 1918
Duration (in reels):   5
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Cast:   Edith Storey (Carma Carmichael)  
    Bradley Barker (Jack Carrington)  
    Harry S. Northrup (Roger Carmichael)  
    Frank Andrews (Quincy Carmichael)  
    Kempton Greene (Steve Graham)  
    Frank Fisher Bennett (Seth Megget)  
    Louis R. Wolheim (Brad Tilton)  
    Anthony Byrd (Uncle George)  
    Pauline Dempsey (Aunt Liza)  
Summary: Carma Carmichael, who lives with her uncle Quincy, is kidnapped by her renegade father Roger and taken to his ancestral Southern home. Uncle Quincy sends young Jack Carrington to investigate and goes into hiding, leading the Carmichaels to believe he is dead. Carma is at first suspicious of Jack's intentions but soon learns that the man who abducted her is actually an impostor who had murdered her father and now lives in the plantation with a group of thugs. Despite "Roger's" attempts to take Jack's life, the young man incites the thugs against him and they attack the house. Uncle Quincy arrives with a posse, and after their rescue, Carma and Jack embrace. 
Production Company: Metro Pictures Corp.  
Distribution Company: Metro Pictures Corp.  
Director: Tod Browning (Dir)
  James J. Dunne (Asst dir)
Producer: B. A. Rolfe (Pres)
Writer: June Mathis (Adpt)
Photography: Harry L. Keepers (Cam)
Country: United States
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Songs:
Source Text: Based on the short story "The House in the Mist" by Octavus Roy Cohen, John U. Giesy in People's Magazine (10 Aug 1917).
Authors: John U. Giesy
  Octavus Roy Cohen
Copyright Claimant Copyright Date Copyright Number
Metro Pictures Corp. 14/1/1918 dd/mm/yyyy LP11950
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Genre: Mystery
 
Subjects (Major): Gangs
  Impersonation and imposture
  Kidnapping
  Uncles
  United States--South
 
Subjects (Minor): Attempted murder
  Fathers and daughters
  Missing persons, Assumed dead
  Murder
  Posses
  Renegades
  Rescues
Note: The working title of this film was The House in the Mist . Pre-production trade articles state that Edith Storey was to play the dual role of Carma Carmichael and her mother, but synopses of the finished film's plot do not mention the latter character. 
Bibliographic Sources:   Date   Page
ETR   2 Feb 18   p. 765.
MPN   1 Sep 17   p. 1446.
MPN   15 Sep 17   p. 1824.
MPW   17 Aug 18   p. 1017.
MPW   9 Feb 18   p. 867.
Variety   25 Jan 18   p. 41.
Wid's   24 Jan 18   p. 894.
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